| Marryat & Scott Lifts Ltd. | |
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Founded |
1860s |
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Founders |
Joseph Richmond, Howard Marryat, Murray Scott |
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Preceded by |
Richmond Lifts |
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Succeeded by |
Kone Marryat & Scott |
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Acquired by |
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Defunct |
1979 |
Marryat & Scott was an old British elevator/lift manufacturer. It has since been acquired by Kone in 1979.
History
Marryat & Scott was founded by Joseph Richmond in the 1860s. At that time, he established a small hydraulic elevator company called Richmond Lifts. In the 1900s, Howard Marryat took over Richmond Lifts and began making traction elevators. In the 1920s, Murray Scott joined the company and Richmond Lifts was renamed to Marryat & Scott. Kone then took over the company in 1979 and their products was branded as Kone Marryat & Scott until in the early 1980s. The operating business in Hong Kong and Singapore was taken over by Kone, and they are now known as simply Kone.
In 1979, a company named "ALS" (Associated Lift Services) was established by former staffs of Marryat & Scott who do not want to work for Kone when Marryat & Scott was taken over.[1]
Notable installations
United Kingdom
- Gunnersbury Court, Acton
- Tower House, Redhill
- Alders, Croydon (now closed)
- Whitgift Centre, Croydon (now closed)
- St. Andrew Church, Worchester
- St. Johns Hotel, Solihull
- Union Square, parking garage Torquay, Devon
- High Street Car Park (No. 4), Bracknell (1982)
- Princess Square shopping centre, Bracknell (1982)
Hong Kong
- Chek Tsui House, Wan Tsui Estate, Hong Kong (1980)[2]
- Fook Tsui House, Wan Tsui Estate, Hong Kong (1980)[2]
- Wan Tsui Shopping Centre, Hong Kong (1980)[3]
Singapore
- Blk. 10 Teban Gardens HDB, Singapore (1977)[4]
- HDB blocks in Holland Village, Singapore[5]
- Block 15, 16, 17, 21, 23, 31, and few others in Holland Close.
- Block. 13[6]
- Jalan Bukit Merah HDB blocks, Singapore[7]
- Blk. 168A Queensway HDB, Singapore[8]
Trivia
- Marryat & Scott also has its businesses in Kenya, Uganda, and some parts of Africa since 50 years ago. The company, however, has been operated by Kone.
- Marryat & Scott also manufactures very few escalator products in the United Kingdom only.
Gallery
Note
- ↑ ALS Lift Company in Beno Lift Guide
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Elevators in these building will be replaced by Otis under the Lift Modernization Programme shortly. [1]
- ↑ Only 1 of the 4 elevator installed by them.[2] Another 3 of the 4 elevators are installed by Sabiem Elevator.[3] It was later modernized by Kone in late 2012.[4][5]
- ↑ Demolished in 2013.
- ↑ Demolished as part of SERS scheme.
- ↑ Refurbished by Thames Valley Controls. There are also two additional elevators installed by Otis in the 1990s (have been modernized into IFE elevators in 2013).
- ↑ Already phased out as part of Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) scheme.
- ↑ Refurbished by Thames Valley Controls in the 1990s as part of Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) scheme.
See also
External link
| Major elevator and escalator companies | |
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| Full list of companies | List of elevator and escalator companies |
| Operating | Fujitec • Hitachi • Hyundai • Kone • Mitsubishi Electric (Shanghai Mitsubishi) • Otis (Otis Electric • Sigma) • Schindler • TK Elevator • Toshiba |
| Defunct | Dover Elevators • Express Lift • Orenstein & Koppel • Thyssen • thyssenkrupp • Westinghouse |
| Other companies | Third-party elevator maintenance companies |